Demand for Quebec’s IVF program higher than expected

Quebec’s in vitro fertilization program is more popular than expected. It budgeted $63 million for 7,000 IVF cycles in 2013-14 but it exceeded that level two years ago. The government began paying for three cycles of IVF in 2010 as a way of cutting down the number of multiple births caused by the transfer of a number of embryos in IVF treatments.

SPEAKER: Bridget Campion, PhD, is a bioethicist and researcher with the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute at the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto and former Associate Dean of Studies at Sacred Heart of Peterborough. For many years she worked as a clinical ethicist in hospitals in Toronto and continues to practise as a health care ethics consultant, researching, writing, and lecturing about issues in bioethics. Her current interests include social justice and health care, particularly the social determinants of health and their effects on the wellbeing of individuals and communities. Dr. Campion has four children and lives in Cobourg.